[AT] OT(?) Cub Cadet 1812 Hydro question

[Larry Goss]

Google Kohler Courage.  Some of the website information will give you nightmares.

Larry


----- Original Message -----
From: Stephen Offiler <soffiler at gmail.com>
Date: Friday, June 5, 2009 6:37
Subject: Re: [AT] OT(?) Cub Cadet 1812 Hydro question
To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>

> John,  Larry:
> 
> I don't think much of Briggs engines these days, and I'm VERY dismayed
> to hear about Kohler!  Plastic camshaft, you say?!  I 
> can't imagine
> how that could work.  Are the lobes metal?
> 
> The Cub Cadet zero-turn I am considering is one of their commercial
> models with a very heavy fabricated deck (that is, welded together
> from flat pieces of heavy steel, not stamped) and powered by a 19HP
> Kawasaki V-twin.  I hear generally good things about the 
> Kawasakis.In fact that's what I have on that 17HP 42" walk-
> behind I mentioned
> earlier.
> 
> Steve O.
> 
> 
> On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 5:51 PM, Larry 
> Goss<rlgoss at insightbb.com> wrote:
> > Look carefully at the new Kohler engines, too, John.  Steer 
> clear of the COURAGE engines from Kohler.  It's one thing to 
> have plastic external parts on an engine, but IMHO putting 
> plastic internal parts in one is carrying things too far.  I'm 
> not talking about things like the governor gear, but rather the 
> camshaft!>
> > To my knowledge, there isn't a single manufacturer currently 
> using any sealer on mower tires.  So I bought a quart of it at 
> Harbor Freight a number of years ago and routinely break the 
> seal on any flat tire and apply sealer before returning it as 
> "fixed".  If I didn't do that, I would be deluged with return 
> business to air up the same tires over and over.
> >
> > Larry
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: John Wilkens <jwilkens at eoni.com>
> > Date: Thursday, June 4, 2009 14:08
> > Subject: Re: [AT] OT(?) Cub Cadet 1812 Hydro question
> > To: Antique tractor email discussion group 
> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> >
> >> Steve, after using our zero-turn Cub Cadet for several years my
> >> wife
> >> and I wouldn't consider anything but a zero-turn machine--even
> >> if
> >> they are a little more expensive!  We have to mow around a
> >> lot of
> >> trees and other obstructions and this mower is effortless to
> >> steer
> >> (two fingers) and about as fast as you'd ever want to go.
> >> Still, I
> >> wish we had purchased a Toro in stead of the MTD-made Cub
> >> Cadet.  Look 'em over real close.  The concept is
> >> great but the
> >> engineers that designed the overall Cub Cadet machine must have
> >> been
> >> in a big hurry.  The Cub has a Briggs engine  :(
> >> that has given
> >> several fixable problems (fuel pump, magneto and carb adjustment
> >> that
> >> I just can't seem to get right).  The Toro I saw has a
> >> Kohler
> >> engine  :) .  The Cub tilt up seat won't stay up
> >> because it hits the
> >> engine.  Three of the tires have gone flat because of poor
> >> rim
> >> sealing (had to add sealer).  Not sure but I think the Toro
> >> has
> >> bigger rear tires.  You have to take the vacuum fuel pump
> >> loose to
> >> get the battery out.     .......but
> >> zero-
> >> turn.....great!             John W.      My mower is a Cub 
> Cadet RZT 17.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> 
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